Mushroom-headed

Mush´room-head`ed


a.1.(Bot.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The modular includes a selection of square and round indicators, pushbuttons, rotary switches, emergency stops, and mushroom-headed pushbuttons.
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